|
|
Definition of Epicyclic gear train
1. Noun. A system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis.
Generic synonyms: Gear, Gearing, Geartrain, Power Train, Train
Terms within: Epicyclic Gear, Planet Gear, Planet Wheel, Planetary Gear, Sun Gear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicyclic Gear Train
Literary usage of Epicyclic gear train
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances, Used in Constructive by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1899)
"... Train—Sun and Planet Winding Gear—epicyclic gear train—Compound Epicyclic
Train—Planetary Motion—Planetary Gear Train—" Ferguson's " Mechanical Paradox. ..."
2. Mechanical Movements, Powers and Devices: Contains: an Illustrated by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1903)
"... Motion for Reversing—Eccentric Gear—Sun and Planet Crank Motion—High-Speed
Epicyclic Train—Sun and Planet Winding Gear—epicyclic gear train—Compound ..."
3. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1899)
"... Clutch Motion for Reversing—Eccentric Gear—Sun and Planet Crank Motion—High-Speed
Epicyclic Train—Sun and Planet Winding Gear—epicyclic gear train ..."
4. Mechanical Movements, Powers, Devices and Appliances Used in Constructive by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1899)
"... Train—Sun and Planet Winding Gear—epicyclic gear train—Compound Epicyclic
Train—Planetary Motion—Planetary Gear Train—" Ferguson's " Mechanical Paradox. ..."
5. Motor Cars and the Application of Mechanical Power to Road Vehicles by Rhys Jenkins (1902)
"The third epicyclic-gear train, called the " compound gear," is combined with
the low- gear train, and gives an intermediate speed forward. Suspension. ..."
6. Mechanisms and Mechanical Movements: A Treatise on Different Types of by Franklin Day Jones (1918)
"... Gear e Link Stationary — 1 turn o turn — fjj turn Gears Locked +1 turn +1 turn
+1 turn Number of Turns o +1 — 2 Effect of Idler in epicyclic gear train. ..."
7. The Theory of Machines: Part I. The Principles of Mechanism. Part II by Robert William Angus (1917)
"95) and shear (Fig. 94). 11. Explain and illustrate the inversion of the chain.
Show that the epicyclic gear train is an inversion of the ordinary train. ..."
8. Machine Design: Hoists, Derricks, Cranes by Howard Drysdale Hess (1912)
"... Towne Manufacturing Company, differs from the others in using an epicyclic
gear train. The reduction in this train is calculated as follows: R = radius ..."
Other Resources:
